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    ttyymmnn Got me thinking...

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    • Roundbadge
      Roundbadge last edited by Roundbadge

      7v17pamafnu21.jpg Pretty sure it was this image that was posted to Jalop or Oppo a few years ago (I found it most recently on the r/akron subreddit). Malaise-era rust-belt-mall-parking-lot greatness. This pic was taken on Christmas Eve, 1982. That mall in the background. the Rolling Acres mall in Akron OH, fell into horrendous disrepair before being refurbished razed recently by that great savior of the world, Amazon. It's now a fulfillment center.

      Personally, I'd have either the 510 wagon or the K5 Blazer next to it.

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      • BicycleBuck
        BicycleBuck last edited by

        What is going on here? We DID have color photography in 1982. Did someone decide to go all artistic on a photo of a parking lot?

        Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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        • RacinBob
          RacinBob last edited by

          Hardly an import in sight.... I see a Toyota (Supra?) at 7:00, the Datsun at 9:00. There's a Rabbit at 6:00 although that one was assembled probably in Pennsylvania. Heck there are as many Chevettes in the picture as true imports.....

          Must have been pretty lonely to be an import car dealer in Akron back in 1982. The thing was back then at 15 years old, all of those cars would be rusted and worn out. How the world has changed.

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          • facw
            facw @BicycleBuck last edited by

            @bicyclebuck I don't know if it's the explanation here, but newspapers generally didn't print in color (the New York Times was a bit of a holdout, making the switch in 1997). As a result, newspaper photographers (some of the most prolific shooters) often didn't shoot in color long after you'd thought they would have, because their work wouldn't ever be printed in color.

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            • e90m3
              e90m3 @Roundbadge last edited by

              @roundbadge The most amazing thing is the fact that if you cropped out the cars and I could just see the building, I could be convinced that it was taken in 2020.

              E90 M3
              E92 328i

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              • BicycleBuck
                BicycleBuck @facw last edited by

                @facw said in ttyymmnn Got me thinking...:

                @bicyclebuck I don't know if it's the explanation here, but newspapers generally didn't print in color (the New York Times was a bit of a holdout, making the switch in 1997). As a result, newspaper photographers (some of the most prolific shooters) often didn't shoot in color long after you'd thought they would have, because their work wouldn't ever be printed in color.

                Ah. I didn't consider the source.

                Contrary to popular belief, our world transitioned from black and white to color sometime in the 1930s.

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                Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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                • facw
                  facw @BicycleBuck last edited by

                  @bicyclebuck I should add that the Sunday cartoons (and ads!) were a pretty big exception to the whole black and white printing thing.

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                  • Roundbadge
                    Roundbadge @RacinBob last edited by

                    @racinbob If you find the Econoline van on the right side, go straight up and you'll see a LUV. Also spotted a Beetle in the upper LH corner.

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                    • facw
                      facw last edited by

                      Google apparently had some Street View driver waste their time driving around the parking lot of the abandoned mall in 2015:
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                      But yeah, as of last year, that building is gone:
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                      • Skyfire77
                        Skyfire77 @e90m3 last edited by

                        @e90m3 Well, Penney's in 2020 looks like this:
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                        Wingnut. Aviation geek. Aircraft enthusiast. A plane freak.

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                        • fintail
                          fintail last edited by

                          Maybe the Chet Ripley/Leo Marvin style Grand Wagoneer at lower center-right. Several rows "up" from it, my eyes are drawn to a Ford EXP for some reason.

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                          • fintail
                            fintail @BicycleBuck last edited by

                            @bicyclebuck Funny, when I was a little kid, I actually thought that b&w to color transition was a real thing, but it took place around 1960.

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                            • RacinBob
                              RacinBob @facw last edited by

                              @facw There is another reason shooters liked black and white. It was far easier to develop and print. Also cheaper.

                              Why bother to shoot in color if it is all going to go to greyscale anyway!

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                              • BicycleBuck
                                BicycleBuck @facw last edited by

                                @facw said in ttyymmnn Got me thinking...:

                                @bicyclebuck I should add that the Sunday cartoons (and ads!) were a pretty big exception to the whole black and white printing thing.

                                That was my favorite section of the newspaper when I was a kid. It was my job to either go get a paper from the corner store (when we lived in town) or retrieve the paper from the end of the driveway (when we lived in the country). Being the retriever, I got first dibs on the cartoons. There wasn't really anyone else to compete with, but I knew that they were mine!

                                Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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                                • CobraJoe
                                  CobraJoe last edited by

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                                  Is that a Mercury LN7?

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                                  That would have been brand new in '82, and discontinued in '83 after selling only 40,000. That makes it a pretty rare bird.

                                  '84 Mustang GT Convertible 5 speed
                                  '21 Challenger R/T 6 Speed

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                                  • Skyfire77
                                    Skyfire77 @CobraJoe last edited by

                                    @cobrajoe Oh god those wheels why.....

                                    Wingnut. Aviation geek. Aircraft enthusiast. A plane freak.

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                                      ibRAD @Skyfire77 last edited by

                                      @skyfire77 I would totally rock those wheels on my Echo

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                                      • Huzer
                                        Huzer @CobraJoe last edited by

                                        @cobrajoe Unless it's the less rare EXP.

                                        1968 Mustang - 2011 Lexus GX460 - 2022 Bronco Badlands Mansquatch, 2 dr

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                                        • Huzer
                                          Huzer @fintail last edited by

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                                          1968 Mustang - 2011 Lexus GX460 - 2022 Bronco Badlands Mansquatch, 2 dr

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                                          • Roundbadge
                                            Roundbadge @CobraJoe last edited by Roundbadge

                                            @cobrajoe I think you're right. I'm reading that the EXP was a notchback while the LN7 had the bubble-style rear canopy. I only remembered the front fascia of the EXP off the top of my head...had to go to Google for the rest.

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                                            • CobraJoe
                                              CobraJoe @Huzer last edited by

                                              @huzer As far as I can tell, the '82 EXP didn't have the bubble back hatch that the LN7 did. I know the bubble back was added to the EXP in the mid '80s though.

                                              (And I'm not sure about that fact, or if the pic shows a bubble back, but the EXP glass looks really flat).

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                                              '84 Mustang GT Convertible 5 speed
                                              '21 Challenger R/T 6 Speed

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                                              • CobraJoe
                                                CobraJoe @Roundbadge last edited by

                                                @roundbadge Same here, a lot of googling. (Though I have seen an EXP for sale once... 10 years ago)

                                                '84 Mustang GT Convertible 5 speed
                                                '21 Challenger R/T 6 Speed

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                                                • Skyfire77
                                                  Skyfire77 @Huzer last edited by

                                                  @huzer Calvin's dad is the troll all others measure themselves against.

                                                  Wingnut. Aviation geek. Aircraft enthusiast. A plane freak.

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                                                  • Shop-Teacher
                                                    Shop-Teacher @Roundbadge last edited by

                                                    @roundbadge I see two K5 Blazers, and a full size Bronco. I say yes to any of those.

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                                                    • Highlander
                                                      Highlander @Roundbadge last edited by

                                                      @roundbadge I used to buy all my clothes at JC Penny, until about 1988.

                                                      And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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